The Tata Steel Tour Championship: Top Indian stars like defending champion Gaganjeet Bhullar, who also won the title in the 2020 and 2023 champion, SSP Chawrasia, the 2023 PGTI Ranking champion Om Prakash Chouhan will be among the favourites in the PGTI Tour Championship at the Beldih and Golmuri golf courses in Jamshedpur from December 19 to 22.
The tournament, being organised by the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and the Tata Steel Group, offers a prize purse of INR 3 crore, the biggest on the PGTI. The field will feature an elite field of 62 professionals. The Tata Steel Tour Championship is the final event of the 2024 PGTI season. The tournament is a 72-hole stroke-play championship and there will be no cut applied. There is guaranteed prize money for all participants.
The event will have a format which will be different from the usual events. In all four rounds, half the field will play their first nine holes at Golmuri and second nine at Beldih while the other half will play their first nine at Beldih and second nine at Golmuri. From round two onwards, the leading/front half of the leaderboard (leading groups as per the scores) will play their first nine holes at Golmuri and second nine at Beldih. The prize presentation ceremony will be held at Beldih Golf Club on Sunday (December 22).